Dakota City vs Gilmore City

A side-by-side comparison of Dakota City and Gilmore City: population, income, housing, and more.

Dakota City and Gilmore City are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Dakota City has the higher population (887 vs 663 in Gilmore City). Dakota City has the higher median household income ($66,111 vs $51,250 in Gilmore City). Dakota City has the higher median home value ($119,300 vs $82,700 in Gilmore City).

Population, income & housing

	Dakota City	Gilmore City
Population	887	663
Median age	40.7 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$66,111	$51,250
Median home value	$119,300	$82,700
Median gross rent	$935	$654
Housing units	417	299
Homeownership rate	77.1%	72.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.7%	14.6%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dakota City	Gilmore City
Population	846 → 887 (+4.8%)	422 → 663 (+57.1%)
Median household income	$53,750 → $66,111 (+23.0%)	$36,250 → $51,250 (+41.4%)
Median home value	$83,400 → $119,300 (+43.0%)	$53,800 → $82,700 (+53.7%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $935 (+29.0%)	$580 → $654 (+12.8%)

Dakota City

Population

846887

Median household income

$53,750$66,111

Median home value

$83,400$119,300

Median gross rent

$725$935

Gilmore City

Population

422663

Median household income

$36,250$51,250

Median home value

$53,800$82,700

Median gross rent

$580$654

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dakota City	Gilmore City
Under 5	8.9%	12.8%
5 to 17	19.7%	18.3%
18 to 24	5.4%	6.8%
25 to 34	9.9%	11.3%
35 to 44	15.6%	12.5%
45 to 54	9.6%	13.9%
55 to 64	16.1%	14.5%
65 to 74	9.9%	5.6%
75 and over	4.8%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dakota City	Gilmore City
White (non-Hispanic)	88.5%	85.4%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	8.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dakota City	Gilmore City
No high school diploma	9.9%	11.2%
High school graduate	29.7%	36.2%
Some college or associate's	52.6%	38.1%
Bachelor's degree	4.6%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dakota City	Gilmore City
Drove alone	74.9%	78.9%
Carpooled	9.3%	15.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.9%	3.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dakota City	Gilmore City
1-unit, detached	94.7%	81.3%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	4.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.4%

Poverty & households

	Dakota City	Gilmore City
Poverty rate	6.6%	15.7%
Average household size	2.33	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	16	17
Median year structure built	1969	1960